If you're seeking a degree in history, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #23 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best History Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 285 degrees in history annually.
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for history schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best History Schools in Utah.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the history degree levels they offer.
University of Utah is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in history. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #213 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 65 history students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the history program state that they receive average early career earnings of $28,277.
Any student who is interested in history has to check out Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 81 history students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the history program at Brigham Young University - Provo earn $5,425 more than the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Gain a rich foundation of knowledge ranging from early history to modern times with this online bachelor's degree in history from Southern New Hampshire University.
Utah State University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in history. USU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Logan. This university ranks 6th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 37 history students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year. After graduation, history degree recipients typically make an average of $31,768 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for history schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
